Strapi + Postgres are gone in favor of PocketBase: a single Go binary
with embedded SQLite, built-in admin UI and per-collection API rules.
No content existed yet, so this is a clean swap with no data migration.
Collections and rules are defined as code in pocketbase/pb_migrations/
and applied automatically on first boot. Draft & Publish has no native
PocketBase equivalent, so it's reproduced with a nullable `publishedAt`
field enforced by listRule/viewRule, matching the old Strapi semantics.
Routing flips: PocketBase's admin UI and REST/file API are hardwired to
`/_/` and `/api/*` at the domain root (its own dashboard assets and API
calls reference those paths directly, so a stripped path prefix like
`/admin/*` would break them). `/api` is therefore reserved for
PocketBase now, and the frontend's Nitro endpoints move to `/content/*`
(frontend/server/routes/content/, not server/api/). A `/admin` vanity
route in Nitro (not Caddy) redirects to `/_/`, so it works the same in
dev, where Caddy isn't part of the stack, and in production.
frontend/server/utils/strapi.ts becomes pocketbase.ts; queries.ts is
rewritten for PocketBase's filter/sort/fields/expand query syntax.
StrapiImage becomes MediaImage (no width/height — PocketBase file
fields don't store dimensions, and the cover images already reserve
their aspect ratio via CSS, so this is not a regression).
docs/*.md, CLAUDE.md and README.md are updated in the same commit.
Remove @strapi/plugin-cloud (deploy is self-hosted via Docker/Ansible,
never Strapi Cloud), disable the admin NPS/Enterprise-promotion flags
(single-admin panel, no upsell needed), disable Strapi's anonymous
telemetry, and prune dev dependencies from the production Docker image
layer.
The interface was translated in en/it/es/fr via @nuxtjs/i18n. Drop the
module, the locale files, and the language switcher: the UI is now
static Italian text, with translation for foreign visitors left to the
Google Translate browser extension instead of the app.
Replace the separate CMS subdomain with path-based routing in Caddy:
/admin and /uploads go to Strapi, everything else to the frontend.
Strapi 5 nests its whole admin panel (UI and API) under /admin, so this
one prefix is enough and never collides with the frontend's own /api
routes. Drops CMS_DOMAIN and the unused STRAPI_URL env var on the cms
service; PUBLIC_STRAPI_URL now points at the same origin as the site.
Authentication is unchanged: Strapi's own admin login still gates the
panel, this only changes how it's reached.
The host's systemd-resolved stub (127.0.0.53) is unreachable from inside
the container network namespace, so Caddy could not resolve Let's Encrypt
endpoints. Point it at public resolvers instead.
The interface is translated through @nuxtjs/i18n: strings live in
i18n/locales/*.json, routes are prefixed except for the default English, and
useLocaleHead emits the lang attribute, the hreflang alternates and og:locale.
The switcher is a native select rather than a custom dropdown: keyboard
support, the platform picker on mobile and correct labelling come for free.
Article content stays single-language — this translates the site chrome only.
Production traffic enters through Caddy, which terminates TLS for the public
domain and the CMS subdomain and sets HSTS and the other security headers.
PostgreSQL, Strapi and Nuxt publish no ports of their own.
docker-compose.dev.yml publishes the ports on localhost and drops Caddy for
local testing. It is a separate file rather than an override.yml so it can only
be applied when passed explicitly, never by accident in production.
davide